Tina a 29 year old professional, single mother with a two year old daughter.   She was preparing for her class reunion. She had been sober for 5 years, but didn’t want any of her old classmates to know that she was a recovering alcoholic.  In our session together we role played so that she would know to handle each situation.  She was confident that she’d be fine but I wasn’t so sure.

The following day I received a phone call from her parents.  She didn’t make it home, and they didn’t know where she was. She was found 24 hours later, disoriented, in an area far  from where the reunion had taken place.  On that night Tina, encouraged by a friend, decided to have a drink.   She’ d intended to stop at only one…but eventually she couldn’t remember how many she’ d had.  All she remembered was that she had too many drinks.  She didn’t ask anyone for a ride home but she made it to her car where she passed out!

Fortunately, this one has a happy ending.  She  survived and re-started her sobriety program again.

Zari Alipour, Ph.D.

Making Wise Choices in a Disruptive Age

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